Example sentences of "their [noun pl] for the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At 4.00 p.m. on Saturday 11 June the drivers engaged in their traditional sprint start to their cars for the 23rd Le Mans , scheduled to cover more than 4000 mkm ( 2500 miles ) . |
| 2 | In every production there comes an awkward jerky stage when the cast abandon their books for the first time , but for The Hooded Owl it seemed to be going on longer than usual . |
| 3 | Some approached the Santuario on their knees for the last part of the journey , saying the Rosary and imploring the Madonna 's help . |
| 4 | The motley band stared in awe at the figure who would be in charge of their lives for the next three months . |
| 5 | In the current market , availability of funds presents no problem for house purchase ; many fixed rate mortgages are on offer from a wide range of lending institutions enabling prospective purchasers to stabilise their out-goings for the next one to two years . |
| 6 | ‘ They 've been encouraging local authorities to tighten their belts for the last 14 years , ’ he protests . |
| 7 | For many , the thought of leaving their parents for the first time left them subdued . |
| 8 | To make the country even more civilized the railways were embarking on building great hotels by their stations for the first time . |
| 9 | The audience were in their seats for the first of the two evening performances . |
| 10 | The resources are allocated periodically at a review meeting which is preceded by individual project leaders assessing their own progress and estimating their needs for the next period . |
| 11 | In the Third World new nations were flexing their muscles for the first time . |
| 12 | Because i it is assumed management is learned by picking up the bad habits of your predecessor and their predecessors for the last five hundred years . |
| 13 | ENGLAND 'S Colts emulated their seniors for the first time in three seasons at the Parc de Pugh in Brecon by toppling the Welsh Youth in no uncertain fashion . |
| 14 | Christies International , one of the world 's leading art auctioneers , yesterday revealed their profits for the last six months had been hammered by £1 million down to £2,112,000 . |
| 15 | On 25th May , while the German army raced ruthlessly across Belgium and the inhabitants of England watched their skies for the first signs of airborne invasion , the scientists in the Oxford Pathology Department performed a crucial experiment . |
| 16 | their percentages for the first three |
| 17 | ‘ Those people — and thousands of them went through the proper procedure — will be contacted later this month and given the opportunity to purchase their tickets for the next home game . ’ |
| 18 | Most Bangladeshi mothers breastfed their babies for the first few weeks , switching to either combination or bottle feeding after this period . |
| 19 | There , Daf workers who are made redundant will receive 70 per cent of their wages for the next four years . |
| 20 | It was an astonishing performance in a first-rate production , and it led directly to her casting as Kitty MacVurrich in The Long Roads , McGrath 's TV film about a cancer-stricken Skye woman and her husband , visiting their children for the last time . |
| 21 | Their hosts for the first few days , the Lord of the Isles , Sir Alexander Macdonald , and his wife Jane , a relative of Boswell 's , waited on the shore at Armadale , a small , dirty , sandy horseshoe of a bay , to greet them . |
| 22 | All creatures need sleep to replenish their energies for the next awakening . |
| 23 | If a second insemination is required this is not free ( as with natural mating ) because a second straw has to be paid for , however many inseminators will not charge their expenses for the second visit . |
| 24 | This year , as the locos dropped their fires for the last time , the cash bag totalled more than £1243.72 . |
| 25 | 28th August 1930 was a sad day , as the islanders closed their doors for the last time . |